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I'm your host, Elise Hew. What does the mind's eye mean to you? For many of us, when you close your eyes, you might see things or paint pictures.

You can visualize. But for some, that inner picture is completely different. In this fascinating

talk, Puzzle Wizard Alex Rosenthal, who's also the editorial director of TEDED, shares how

our ability to conjure mental imagery actually varies wildly person to

person and that when we build teams across those differences, the benefits for creativity and

problem solving will follow. So in 2015, a bride-to-be uploaded a picture of a dress to the internet,

and we all lost our minds.

If you see this as blue and black, say Team Blue!

If you see this as white and gold, how? How do you see that as white and gold, how? How?

How do you see that as white and gold?

Why does this break our brains so much?

It's because it puts us into confrontation with the fact that two minds can perceive the same reality entirely differently.

I'd like to talk to you about two things.

One, our minds are much more different than we think,

and two, you should seek out minds that are different than your own

because that's where the magic happens.

I get to work with a lot of diverse minds by virtue of what I do.

I write and produce scripts for animation on a wide variety of topics,

and I create puzzles and games.

And a few years ago, I had my own dress moment,

where I realized that my brain works differently than almost everyone I know,

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